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realized that at a level I'd never been conscious we'd been engaged in a game of wits for years. I suppose most… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
Saul Bellow once said, 'A writer is a reader who has moved to emulation' — which I think is true. I just… — Stewart O'Nan Copy Share Image
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Whatever I write in email, it doesn't mean anything. It is just words I write. — Paris Hilton Copy Share Image
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I don't want to name names because they'd be mad at me if I did, but people who are significant novelists can't… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
I start out with words, with the idea, the line. Then after I get a line or two, I try to find… — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
“biblical theology by definition comes from the biblical text (or ought to), not from Christian history or the writings of Christians about… — Michael S. Heiser Copy Share Image
“Modern women are frustrated and angry, their experience is limited; modern men are obsessed with the letter “I”; their writing is full… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all. — Amy Sherman-Palladino Copy Share Image
I loved writing for the school newspaper. I liked to report and interview people, but I really liked to write columns, funny… — Bonnie Jo Campbell Copy Share Image
I can sometimes gaze out of the window, at the sheep, ponies, grazing deer, and numerous woodland folk. It's a wonderful setting… — Raymond Buckland Copy Share Image
I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story. — Sidney Sheldon Copy Share Image
When we were done and not picked up to series yet, they wanted us to read lots of writers. I was like,… — Harry Elfont Copy Share Image
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Show enough backstory to allow the reader to glean and make assumptions about what remains behind the curtain of time, yet continues… — Larry Brooks Copy Share Image
I love isolation. It's very important for me to have time and space to myself when I can sit and read or… — Stuart Pearson Wright Copy Share Image
I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from. — K'naan Copy Share Image
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Print science fiction writers often do consulting for government bodies. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
I respect people that find writing easy, because I have focus problems. I'll spend five days eating cereal and YouTubing and two… — Alexa Chung Copy Share Image
Those writers who lie on the watch for novelty can have little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Dear Complete and Utter Stranger, The first thing that I have to say is that I hate oatmeal. I really hate it.… — Jaclyn Moriarty Copy Share Image
Barrie and the wonderful characters he created, Lewis Carroll, even French literature, like Baudelaire or over in the States, Poe, you open… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
Your life is truly your life… it belongs to you. It is your story to write with love. Day by day, line… — Lance Wubbels Copy Share Image
What's the trick to writing a good bad guy? Well, for me, it's always been the idea that you pit yourself against… — Brian Azzarello Copy Share Image
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An author writes a book, and that's the book at that point. And if the author writes the book again, then somehow… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
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